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• Donald Trump slammed a well known civil rights campaigner and he is feeling Twitter's wrath big time

  14-01-2017 23:58
  
  The people of Twitter aren’t letting him get away with these comments.
  
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• Carry that weight: readers' photos on the theme of heavy

  14-01-2017 23:35 via theguardian.com
  
  For last week’s photography assignment in the Observer New Review we asked you to share your photos on the theme of heavy via GuardianWitness. Here’s a selection of our favouritesShare your photos on this week’s theme ‘reflect’ by clicking the button belowContinue reading...
  
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• Brexit: PM expected to say UK prepared to leave single market

  14-01-2017 23:11
  
  Theresa May is expected to announce the UK is prepared to leave the single market, the customs union and European Court of Justice. The PM’s willingness to give up membership of the single market will be made clear in a major speech at Lancaster House in London on Tuesday, according to the Sun on Sunday.
  
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• NHS safer under Tories than Jeremy Corbyn, says poll

  14-01-2017 22:32
  Voters believe the NHS is better off under the Tories than Jeremy Corbyn and Labour, an opinion poll suggests. It comes despite intense pressure on the prime minister over the state of the health service. The ComRes poll, for the Sunday Mirror and the Independent, found 43% thought Theresa May would make a better job of managing the NHS this winter - while 31% backed Labour.
  
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• Man, 69, arrested after pensioner dies in road collision

  14-01-2017 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ian Whitworth was pronounced dead after being in a road collision in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport.
  
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• US troops welcomed in Poland – in pictures

  14-01-2017 22:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Photographer Lech Muszynski captured scenes from a welcome event for 4,000 US troops, who have just arrived to take up positions in the country. The troop movement is intended to bolster US ties with its Nato allies Continue reading...
  
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• Graham Taylor: Football pays tribute to former England manager

  14-01-2017 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watford salute the club's "greatest manager" as tributes are paid at matches across the country to ex-England boss Graham Taylor after his death at 72.
  
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• Brit Awards: David Bowie, Skepta and Craig David scoop nominations

  14-01-2017 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Bowie, Skepta and Craig David all scoop nominations for the 2017 Brit Awards.
  
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• Thorpeness cliff collapse kills man

  14-01-2017 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man, thought to be in his late-50s, was trapped and died at the scene, police say.
  
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• David Bowie in line for posthumous Brit award as short list announced

  14-01-2017 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Craig David, Michael Kiwanuka and Skepta are also in the running for the best British male solo artist award
  David Bowie could win a posthumous Brit Award as best British male solo artist after being shortlisted for next month’s ceremony. The star – who died in January 2016 – will go up against Craig David, Michael Kiwanuka and Mercury prize-winner Skepta for the title on 22 February.Meanwhile, the battle for best British female solo artist is between Anonhni, Ellie Goulding, E
  
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• Last-minute goal ends record run

  14-01-2017 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The New Saints see their world-record run of consecutive wins ended after 27 games by an injury-time equaliser against Newtown.
  
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• Footage of Manchester cafe fire

  14-01-2017 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eyewitness footage shows emergency services responding to a fire in a Manchester cafe.
  
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• Five in hospital after becoming unwell at Alexandria sheltered housing unit

  14-01-2017 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five people are taken to hospital after becoming unwell at a sheltered housing unit in West Dunbartonshire.
  
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• Sir Stirling Moss: Motor racing legend 'stable' in hospital with chest infection

  14-01-2017 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss is described as "stable" in hospital in Singapore with a chest infection.
  
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• There's been an almighty spillage of paint on a motorway in Yorkshire

  14-01-2017 19:34
  
  12,000 litres to be precise.
  
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• HGV crash spills 12,000 litres of paint on M606 motorway

  14-01-2017 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Part of the motorway will need resurfacing after the paint spill across the carriageway.
  
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• Manchester cafe explosion: Man left with burns

  14-01-2017 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cause of the blast, which has led to roads being shut, is being investigated.
  
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• May must set out Brexit plan by mid-Feb to allow scrutiny - MPs

  14-01-2017 18:09
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - The British government must publish a detailed plan for Brexit by mid-February, setting out its position on future membership of the European Union's single market and customs union, a committee of lawmakers said in a report published on Saturday. The Exiting the EU committee, made up of lawmakers from several parties including Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives and opposition Labour, also said the government should seek a transitional deal with the
  
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• GPs being made scapegoats for A&E pressures, says BMA

  14-01-2017 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The doctors' union accuses the government of "insulting" GPs with call to extend opening hours.
  
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• Man dead after cliff collapse in Thorpeness, Suffolk

  14-01-2017 17:30
  Police and the UK Coastguard received multiple 999 calls at about 1pm on Saturday, after the cliff fall at Thorpeness Beach. One witness, who did not want to be named, told the Ipswich Star: "The emergency service response was tremendous. Bev Allen, Maritime Operations Controller for the UK Coastguard said: "This was a large scale search and rescue effort.
  
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• This tweet might be our fave ever pic of Palmerston, the Foreign Office's cat

  14-01-2017 17:06
  
  Because we’ve all looked at food the way this moggie looks at food.
  
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• Body of woman found in River Thames in Maidenhead

  14-01-2017 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman's body has been pulled from the River Thames in Berkshire.
  
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• Why are GPs so angry at Theresa May on Twitter?

  14-01-2017 16:36
  
  Here’s everything you need to know about the Prime Minister’s demands for extended opening hours at GP surgeries.
  
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• Storm surge: Clean-up starts on battered east coast

  14-01-2017 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Clean-up operations start on the east coast battered by Friday's high winds and tides.
  
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• Police bodycam captures hammer attack

  14-01-2017 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man has been sentenced to life in prison for a hammer attack on police in Crawley, captured on bodycam.
  
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• All the best memes from Joe Biden's Medal of Freedom ceremony...just in case you've missed them

  14-01-2017 14:59
  
  The friendship necklace meme is particularly glorious…
  
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• A history of protests in New York City – in pictures

  14-01-2017 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  A new exhibition at the Bronx Documentary Center features the work of photojournalists who captured conflict on the streets of New York between 1980 and 2000. Whose Streets? Our Streets! covers moments of violent confrontation like the Tompkins Square Riot, the creativity of the Aids protesters of the 1990s and non-violent civil disobedience triggered by racial tensions, and runs until 5 March Continue reading...
  
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• Aston Martin DB4 GT production to resume at Newport Pagnell

  14-01-2017 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Production of the iconic model is to begin again after a decade-long gap.
  
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• Jean Bishop has collected £100,000 for charity by dressing as a bee

  14-01-2017 12:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jean Bishop has collected £100,000 for charity in 25 years by dressing as a bee
  
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• Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn hits out at 'rigged system'

  14-01-2017 12:37
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has attacked what he calls a "rigged system" where "power is in the wrong hands". In a speech to the Fabian Society, he focused on fairness, accusing the Conservatives of slashing taxes for the richest while cutting pay and public services. Mr Corbyn promised to take failing care homes into public ownership if Labour gets into power, warning that the social care system is at "serious risk of breakdown".
  
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• Public porn

  14-01-2017 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How would you feel if the person sitting next to you on the bus was watching porn - and what would you do about it?
  
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• The Omen's 'Damien' in road rage attack: Harvey Spencer Stephens spared jail

  14-01-2017 12:21
  The actor who played the devil child Damien in horror film The Omen has been handed a suspended prison sentence for punching two cyclists in a road rage attack. Harvey Spencer Stephens, 46, lashed out at the pair after getting out of his car, knocking one man unconscious and damaging the teeth of the other. Stephens sprang to global fame after starring as Damien Thorn - a young anti-Christ - in the Oscar-winning 1976 film alongside Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.
  
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• Cromer Pier battered by North Sea coastal surge

  14-01-2017 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norfolk pier battered by North Sea during coastal surge
  
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• The NHS is making people sick, GP tells BBC

  14-01-2017 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Doctors tell of their "guilt" and "distress" over the care they can provide amid pressures on the NHS.
  
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• Brother arrested over man's New Year's Day fire death in Milngavie

  14-01-2017 10:53
  Cameron Logan died when his family home in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire. Cameron's girlfriend, Rebecca Williams, 24, was rescued from the house and was critically injured. Police said they were treating the death of Cameron Logan as murder, and the attack on his girlfriend and parents, both 54, as attempted murder.
  
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• NHS crisis: 'My frail mum was forced to wait on the floor for eight hours'

  14-01-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Reports of overcrowding, long waits and cancelled operations have led to claims that the NHS faces a ‘humanitarian crisis’. Here, patients tell their storiesDozens of hospitals in England have had to declare a black alert – a status that means its emergency care facilities and beds are under extreme pressure – this week after becoming so overcrowded that they could no longer guarantee patient safety.It follows a warning from the British Red Cross that the NHS is facing a
  
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• Newspaper headlines: PM calls for seven-day GPs and stolen baby found

  14-01-2017 08:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May's demand for GP surgeries to open seven days a week features on Saturday's front pages.
  
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• Residents' relief as threat of storm surge subsides

  14-01-2017 07:26
  
  Flood-threatened residents along parts of the east coast have started returning to their homes after a feared storm surge was not as bad as expected. Evacuations took place in Jaywick, Mistley and Mersea in Essex, and residents in 1,800 properties in east Suffolk were also told to leave their homes.
  
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• 'Exquisite loveliness'

  14-01-2017 06:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ivy Close, Britain's first beauty queen, had a spectacular rise and fall. Now she's back in the limelight.
  
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• MPs urge Theresa May to set out Brexit plan within month

  14-01-2017 05:28
  
  MPs are calling on Theresa May to publish her Brexit plan by the middle of next month and make clear whether she wants to keep Britain in the single market. Meanwhile, the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has offered the first hint of a compromise from Brussels to ensure member states continue to have easy access to the City, according to The Guardian. "The government needs to publish its Brexit plan by mid-February at the latest, including its position on membership of the single market a
  
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• Residents' relief as threat of severe floods subsides

  14-01-2017 05:23
  Flood-threatened residents along parts of the east coast have started returning to their homes after a feared storm surge was not as bad as expected. Evacuations took place in Jaywick, Mistley and Mersea in Essex, and residents in 1,800 properties in east Suffolk were also told to leave their homes. Ahead of the predicted surge in Jaywick many residents had refused to leave their homes, despite an emergency services evacuation plan involving hundreds of soldiers and pleas from police.
  
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• Damien Hirst among artists raising money for Parkinson's research

  14-01-2017 03:25
  Over 50 of the world's leading artists are taking part in a new project called Cure³ to raise money for research into Parkinson's. Grayson Perry, Damien Hirst and Peter Blake are some of the big names who have agreed to create an art work using their own individual perspex box for the Cure Parkinson's Trust. Tom Isaacs, the charity's co-founder who himself has Parkinson's, says the response has been "bonkers".
  
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• Man arrested over New Year's Day fire attack in Milngavie

  14-01-2017 02:57
  Police Scotland have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with a New Year's Day fire attack that killed one man in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire. Cameron Logan, 23, died when his family home was set ablaze. Mr Logan's mother and father were also in the house at the time of the attack but managed to escape.
  
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• A baby who was kidnapped in 1998 has been found alive and well

  14-01-2017 02:04
  
  It’s a truly improbable breakthrough from the police.
  
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• May must set out Brexit plan by mid-February to allow scrutiny - MPs

  14-01-2017 01:34
  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - The British government must publish a detailed plan for Brexit by mid-February setting out its position on future membership of the European Union's single market and customs union, a committee of MPs said in a report published on Saturday. Parliament's Exiting the EU committee, made up of MPs from several parties including Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives and opposition Labour, also said the government should seek a transitional deal with the bloc
  
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• Man arrested for New Year's Day fire attack in Milngavie

  14-01-2017 01:21
  Police Scotland has arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with a New Year's Day fire attack that killed one man in Milngavie. Cameron Logan, 23, died when his family home in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, was set ablaze. Mr Logan's mother and father, both 54, were also in the house at the time of the attack but managed to escape.
  
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• A thought for your Christmas tree

  14-01-2017 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poet Brian Bilston laments the millions of Christmas trees the UK buys and discards every year.
  
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• EU free movement rules let convicted murderer into UK who attacked police with a hammer

  14-01-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EU FREE movement rules allowed a murderer to enter Britain unchallenged who attacked a woman police officer and her colleague with a hammer, a court heard.
  
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• 'I’d be safer in Iraq' Ex-soldier fears for life after failed attempt to fight ISIS

  14-01-2017 00:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BRITISH former soldier who was prevented from joining the war against ISIS in Iraq has hit out at the government over the handling of his case.
  
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• Police officer tells Muslim motorist he’s ‘full of s***’ after religious motivated quiz

  14-01-2017 00:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MUSLIM motorist was told he was “full of s***” in a dispute with a police officer after being questioned about his religion.
  
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